Earthworks in front of Petersburg [Fort Norton]. [duplicate] [1864-1865 ca.]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05111.01.0607 Author/Creator: Place Written: Petersburg, Virginia Type: Photograph Date: 1864-1865 ca. Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 10.2 cm, Width: 10.8 cm Order a Copy
Same image as #615, but the print is cut smaller. A man in civilian dress stands in the trench supported by logs and support beams. Inscription on top of image in Fay's handwriting: "Earthworks in front of Petersburg. Federal lines at Fort Norton. P.46." The numbers "1069" and "388" do not appear in this image, that part has been trimmed off. There is a notation of "1069" written in the lower left corner of the image. Formerly part of H.W. Fay's ("Keeper of Lincoln's Tomb") scrapbook.
See GLC 5111.01.0615
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